The Athletic keeps growing .......

I know The Athletic isn't a traditional news outlet, but one thing that annoys me is how slow the writers are to post content. I just looked and they have nothing about the Bears loss and nothing about Tom Thibodeau getting fired. They are probably writing fluff pieces about both situations...

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I like it. It's like The Athletic suits are telling their writers they value them and are giving them some time to write their pieces. Everybody knows who won and who lost and rather than having them write some drivel for immediate page views, trash for immediate page views, the Athletic suits let their reporters attack postgame. Newspaper suits work their reporters way too hard, demanding twitter posts, halftime updates, instant game stories, then videos and other postgame stories and video analysis. That's simply too much work. Kudos to the Athletic suits for treating their writers as special human beings, not machines.

I know The Athletic isn't a traditional news outlet, but one thing that annoys me is how slow the writers are to post content. I just looked and they have nothing about the Bears loss and nothing about Tom Thibodeau getting fired. They are probably writing fluff pieces about both situations...

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Moddy can correct me if I'm wrong, but if one believes teh Twitterez, didn't The Athletic's T'wolves beat guy, a former AP reporter, break the story first?

Moddy can correct me if I'm wrong, but if one believes teh Twitterez, didn't The Athletic's T'wolves beat guy, a former AP reporter, break the story first?

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Since the firing reportedly came about 30 minutes after a home game, with local media still on the premises and the media work room about 50 feet from the locker room, I sure as hell would hope somebody on the scene would break it.

Nothing mysterious about it - I've replied to countless people who have reached out to me (and admit I may have missed a couple because I have received and continue to receive a lot of inquiries).

The positions have drawn considerable interest. Many applications to sort through and nothing is going to get rushed. Interviews are being done this week. If you haven't heard from us yet, it doesn't mean you won't but these spots will be filled fairly soon.

So many job openings. So much money tied up in just those openings. It's interesting the Athletic can take on all that salary. Somebody out there is sold on the old model of subscription based writing. I repeat what I've asked before. Is The Athletic going to be a huge hit financially? Or not?